Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-08-17
IN camp.
"REC0RB.UNION'' LETTER FROM
CAMP SHEEHAN.
The Regulars and the Militia-Kind-
ness of Uncle Sans Boys-Lack
of Tcnts-NOtes.
From Our Regular Representatives
Gs.sp

return for a serenade to the Artillery Regi-
ment by the regulars band Sunday even
ing. 1t is simple justice to say that the
National Guard Band is fully as skilled
in music. 1t falls behind the First In
fantry only in eyolutions. The First
Artillery is exceedingly fortunate in camp
ing on the same field with the
REGULAR TROOPS,
And the best drilled infantry, by the way,
| in the service-at least none are superior.
| Colonel Shafter drills his men in the
school of the soldier so severely as to re-
quire of every Sergeant, for instance, to
study the tactics thoroughly, and probably
every Corporal in the regiment could carry
a company through all company evolutions
as well as the better and more practiced
| officers OF the National Guard The dress
parade of the Artillery Regiment tonight
was an improvement ON that of Sunday
night. There is wide opportunity for fur
| ther improvement, and the guardsmen are
determined to compass it. They go over
and watch closely the drill and dress
parade and guard mount of the regulars
and
TAKE ALL THE POINTS
Possible. Ii is sight well worth the see
ing, this grand movement by the regulars
The entire line of the regiment of COM
panles moves as one man; goes through the
manual OF arms as one man. There is the
rise and fall of the hands and the turn and
grasp and drop of the pieces" as if the
whole were moved by the most perfect
mechanism. The kindness of the regulars
to the valley guardsmen is more than they
RI
the laundering of AGjutant-G General Cosby
or some of his subordinates left this regi-
ment of California guardsmen without
tents sufficient for the men, and here thev
are
PACKED IN LIKE sARDINEs
And uncomfortable is no name for it. As
distinguished army officer said TO-DAY.
The State of California ought to be able
10 put one regiment into camp fairly"
Why it has not been done no one knows.
The AdjutantG General knew long ago the
tents would be needed this week. The
State has tents enough that are fairly good,
Tor regiment, and more but here is the
First Artillery so badly supplied, with old
torn tents in many cases that do not keen
the cold out sufficiently, because the
ground burlap borders are seedy." In
this dilemma the regulars put themselves TO
inconvenience to lend tents to the militia
and so, after fashion, over 800 men are
housed in quarters intended for about 90
Take the Cadets for instance. They have
eight men in tent in many cases, and the
three officers have had to turn in together.
Again
THEIR GOOD FRIENDS,
The regulars, sent to-day all their Order
ly-Sergeants to the State camp and took all
the Sergeants and Corporals of the militia
and gave them each personal schooling
for an hour, with the Sergeant Major a
splendidiy drilled man, in charge of ali
Then they got enough valley men together
to lmprovlse guard mounting and taught
our boys how it ought to be done. Then.
again, at dress parade Colonel Shafter
takes Colonel Guthrie by the elbow and
stands him at his right, and points ont to
him all the details and new turns and fancy
touches, and, by the way. the regulars
bave lot OF new ways of doing things
that are capital. The regulars lend the
militia men their horses and wagons and
tools and do every possible thing they can
10 MAKE tnelr camp what it ought to be, a
school OF instruction. The guardsmen are
seeing. soldier life in reality before their
eyes. for with the regulars it is no play. no
holiday but field drilling from DAYLIGHT to
taps and no let up. There are court mar
tails held and offenders tried, and for pun,
lshment of minor infections of discipline
WEED PULLING
Is applied. Any morning you can look
across the field and see ten or fifteen pris-
oners hard at work in the sun, on hands
and knees, pulling up small weeds and
grass tufts, and piling them up and carry
ing them of, while guards stand over them
and relentlessly push them to their hard
and back-breaking work. So it is that in
month past, Colonel Shafter has cleared off
one OF the finest parade grounds any one
could want.
OTHER MATTERS.
This camp draws fewer visitors than the
division encampment of two wears ago
you see 1t is no novelty to Santa Cruz peo-
pie now, and then he regulars have been
here so long.
General o. o. Howard visited the camp
to-day, and went about in the most sociable
manner imaginable. At noon reception
was held in his honor, on the regulars pa
| rade ground, and all citizen soldiers We're
invited.
THE LADIES
goodly number of Sacramento ladies
are in camp, and to tie right of the
RECORD MON quarters is long line of
tents haolted by ladies. Among those in
camp are.
Mrs. l.. C. Constable, Miss w. E. CHS
holm, Mrs. J. H. Crone, Mrs. w. |. Wal
lace, Mrs. D. b. DUNCAN, Mrs Capt. T. W
Stevens, Mrs.. L Hughes, Mrs. n. b Vivian
Mrs. Lieut.-Colonel f. II. Mckee, Mrs II
L. Mckee, Miss Eva Mckee, Mrs. CAM. r
B. Hail, Miss L. Tietjens, Mrs. Lieutenant
II. L. Seymour, Mrs. Colonel J. W. Guthrie,
Mrs r. G. Rose, Mrs. Lieutenant H. w.
Rivett, Miss Lena Johns Mrs. Lieutenant
5. Kay, Mrs. J. r. Best, Mrs. H. Fortman.
Sacramento; Mrs. &. Q. Wnklar, Mrs. T. j.
Jeans, Mrs. j. r. Springer. Mrs. ] W
Hevel, Mrs. John Brownly, Woodland
Mrs. Major H. S. Welch, Nevada.
The Sacramento ladies at hotels in towns
are to be serenaded Wednesday night bv
the First Artillerr Band.
Brigade review will probably be held on
Thursday. General Carey was here yester-
day, and went away with a rush to raise
scalps until tents enough are supplied from
San Francisco. He returns Thursday.
Social events thus far are few. but to-
light there is M lch visiting and sociable in
terchange, and the men have to- day been
putting up fancy lanterns and gav-colored
drapery, and they tonight make the "Regi
ment town very attractive in a bric-a .brac
and decorative way.
Ex-Colonel Sheehan is in camn ard
everywhere greeted warmly.
Some bungling has prevented the raising
Of the regimental flag-pole, though it IS
here and the hole dug, and as conse-
quence Uncle John Douglas is heart broken
at not being able to raise and lower the
fiag-his time-honored privilege.
An electric light is to be put up in front
OF headquarters tomorrow night. Over on
the regulars ground they have dozen
lamp-posts with coal-oil lamps, TO break
the darkness
1t was villainously cold, foggy and fune-
real to-day up TO noon. Shortly after II
the sun rose-he gets up late here OCCASION
ally-and the afternoon has been DELIGHT.
full
Few OF the regiment have tried beach
bathing as yet, the air has been too cool at
the hours when they have liberty.
only one man has been landed in the